France

Bugey 4

Operable

Details

Reactor Type Pressurized Water Reactor (or PWR)
Model CP0
Owner EDF
Operator EDF

Timeline

Construction Start Saturday, 1 June 1974
First Criticality Saturday, 17 February 1979
First Grid Connection Thursday, 8 March 1979
Commercial Operation Sunday, 1 July 1979

Specifications

Capacity Net 880 MWe
Capacity Gross 917 MWe
Thermal Capacity 2785 MWt
Design Net Capacity 900 MWe

Operational History

Electricity Supplied (GWh)

Energy Availability Factor (%)

Total Electricity Supplied (GWh)

Reactor History

Year Reference Unit Power (MWe) Annual Time Online (Hours) Electricity Supplied (GWh) Operation Factor (%) Energy Availability Annual (%) Energy Availability Cumulative (%) Load Factor Annual (%) Load Factor Cumulative (%)
1979 900 5030 3528.00 64.60 64.60 64.60 58.40 58.40
1980 900 5983 5063.00 68.10 65.80 65.40 64.00 62.20
1981 900 6834 5671.90 78.00 75.60 69.50 71.90 66.10
1982 900 6276 5474.90 71.60 69.80 69.60 69.40 67.00
1983 900 7389 6329.00 84.40 83.20 72.60 80.30 70.00
1984 900 6896 5882.00 78.50 75.80 73.20 74.40 70.80
1985 900 7696 6224.40 87.80 86.70 75.30 79.00 72.00
1986 900 6622 5312.70 75.60 76.10 75.40 67.40 71.40
1987 900 6180 4670.90 70.60 78.20 75.70 59.20 70.00
1988 900 4524 3323.00 51.50 51.50 73.20 42.00 67.00
1989 900 6846 5541.34 78.20 76.20 73.40 70.30 67.40
1990 880 4312 3186.65 49.20 53.50 71.70 41.30 65.10
1991 880 6317 4984.85 72.10 69.30 71.60 64.70 65.10
1992 880 2012 1649.11 22.90 22.20 68.00 21.30 61.90
1993 880 7506 5748.62 85.70 74.20 68.40 74.60 62.80
1994 880 6619 5209.34 75.60 82.20 69.30 67.60 63.10
1995 880 4843 3989.94 55.30 59.10 68.60 51.80 62.40
1996 880 5333 4188.12 60.70 62.40 68.30 54.20 61.90
1997 880 7420 5652.46 84.70 80.80 69.00 73.30 62.50
1998 880 7791 6304.00 88.90 86.30 69.80 81.80 63.50
1999 880 7231 5591.31 82.60 77.50 70.20 72.50 64.00
2000 880 7544 5987.96 85.90 82.60 70.80 77.50 64.60
2001 880 5921 4746.00 67.60 63.40 70.50 61.60 64.40
2002 880 7130 5590.81 81.40 83.40 71.00 72.50 64.80
2003 880 8192 6645.34 93.50 94.20 71.90 86.20 65.60
2004 880 7367 6098.32 83.90 81.30 72.30 78.90 66.20
2005 880 7672 6073.19 87.60 80.30 72.60 78.80 66.60
2006 880 8341 6846.66 95.20 93.20 73.30 88.80 67.40
2007 880 4217 3586.19 48.10 46.80 72.40 46.50 66.70
2008 880 7891 6790.40 89.80 87.70 72.90 87.80 67.40
2009 880 6262 5094.25 71.50 67.50 72.80 66.10 67.40
2010 880 8674 7374.14 99.00 98.40 73.60 95.70 68.30
2011 880 5344 4458.28 61.00 58.80 73.10 57.80 67.90
2012 880 7529 6365.58 85.70 83.50 73.40 82.40 68.40
2013 880 8425 7125.79 96.20 95.40 74.00 92.40 69.10
2014 880 6265 5022.76 71.50 68.50 73.90 65.20 69.00
2015 880 7448 6335.29 85.00 82.90 74.10 82.20 69.30
2016 880 5739 4915.52 65.30 64.50 73.90 63.60 69.20
2017 880 8420 7189.64 96.10 94.70 74.40 93.30 69.80
2018 880 6625 5628.66 75.60 73.10 74.40 73.00 69.90
2019 880 7618 6584.52 87.00 84.80 74.60 85.40 70.20
2020 880 7595 6391.78 86.50 84.80 74.90 82.70 70.60
2021 880 4434 3552.95 50.60 48.20 74.30 46.10 70.00
2022 880 3339 2846.18 38.10 39.20 73.50 36.90 69.20
2023 880 8125 6683.66 92.80 87.50 73.80 86.70 69.60
2024 880 5576 4598.00 63.50 61.00 73.50 59.50 69.40

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS

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